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by AnimalMuppet 3388 days ago
First, Oracle's legal theories have not held up very well in court.

Second, Oracle has explicitly said that OpenJDK is OK, and Google has shifted to an implementation based on OpenJDK.

So I wouldn't hold my breath for your prediction coming true...

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> Google has shifted to an implementation based on OpenJDK.

No they have not, just go look at AOSP source code.

Yes they are using it instead of Harmony nowadays, but they are cherry picking features and APIs, instead of providing 100% compatibility with the language standard.